今年夏天很特别，从中国到外国，北方到南方，天气都非常热，温度也特别高。
比如上海，夏天一般在三十五度左右。
可是今年夏天有多热呢？
最热的那段时间差不多每天都有四十多度。
大家都说，这是最近二十年最热的夏天。
有的专家说这是因为气候变化，环境被破坏了，以后全世界每年都会有这种不正常的天气，我们必须开始重视保护环境了
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 今年 | jīn nián | this year |
| 夏天 | xià tiān | summer |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 特别 | tè bié | unusual; special |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 外国 | wài guó | foreign country |
| 北方 | běi fāng | north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River |
| 南方 | nán fāng | south; southern direction / (in China) southern regions, often referring to areas south of the Yangtze River |
| 天气 | tiān qì | weather |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 热 | rè | hot (of weather) |
| 温度 | wēn dù | temperature |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 比如 | bǐ rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 上海 | Shàng hǎi | Shanghai municipality |
| 一般 | yī bān | generally / in general |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 三十五 | sān shí wǔ | thirty-five, 35 |
| 度 | dù | degree (angles, temperature etc) / kilowatt-hour |
| 左右 | zuǒ yòu | approximately |
| 可是 | kě shì | but; however |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 多 | duō | how (to what extent) |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 段 | duàn | classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 差不多 | chà bu duō | almost / nearly / more or less |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 四十 | sì shí | forty / 40 |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 最近 | zuì jìn | nearest |
| 二十 | èr shí | twenty; 20 |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 有的 | yǒu de | (there are) some (who are...) / some (exist) |
| 专家 | zhuān jiā | expert; specialist |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 气候 | qì hòu | (meteorology) climate / (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs) |
| 变化 | biàn huà | change; variation |
| 环境 | huán jìng | environment / circumstances / surroundings |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 破坏 | pò huài | to wreck / to break / to destroy |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 全 | quán | all / whole / entire / every / complete |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 正常 | zhèng cháng | regular / normal / ordinary |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 必须 | bì xū | to have to / must / compulsory / necessarily |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 重视 | zhòng shì | to attach importance to sth; to value |
| 保护 | bǎo hù | to protect / to defend / to safeguard |